---
title: "CLR Generics Vs. C++ Templates - some good links"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/5/18/clr-generics-vs-c-templates-some-good-links.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/5/18/clr-generics-vs-c-templates-some-good-links.html"
published: "2006-05-18T07:40:00"
updated: "2006-05-18T07:40:00"
tags: [".NET", ".Net 2.0", ".Net Quotations", "Cool Articles"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "An interesting question in last night's talk triggered lost links I had about an interesting subject: What are the main differences between CLR Generics and C++ Templates? Here are some good links:…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# CLR Generics Vs. C++ Templates - some good links

By Roy Osherove May 18, 2006 In [.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net), [.Net 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-2-0), [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations), [Cool Articles](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-articles)

**Historical article** · Originally published May 18, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

An interesting question in [last night's talk](http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/archive/2006/05/18/446939.aspx) triggered lost links I had about an interesting subject:

What are the main differences between CLR Generics and C++ Templates?

Here are some good links:

[http://blogs.msdn.com/branbray/archive/2003/11/19/51023.aspx](http://blogs.msdn.com/branbray/archive/2003/11/19/51023.aspx)

[http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/06/PureC/](http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/06/PureC/)
[http://www.mindview.net/WebLog/log-0061](http://www.mindview.net/WebLog/log-0061)

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- Apr 27, 2006

    ### [Persistore - Interesting attempt at a .NET Persistence Engine? You decide.](https://osherove.com/blog/2006/4/27/persistore-interesting-attempt-at-a-net-persistence-engine-y.html)


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